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Plans to be drawn up to improve Borders’ CCTV network

Politics

The Lowood Estate at Tweedbank.

Call goes out for inquiry into Borders council’s £9.6m deal to buy Lowood Estate

Politics

Nicholas Rogers.

Judges reject appeal by murderer of Peebles postwoman Alex, 22

Crime

St Mary's Loch features in the Scottish Borders Walking Festival in September.

Walkers snap up festival places

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Galafoot bridge set to reopen this afternoon

People

Turbulent history of Selkirk Silver Arrow

Lifestyle

Number of drug-related deaths in Borders doubles in a year

Politics

Borders man sold all his possessions to volunteer in Africa for two years

People

Interactive guide...leads pupils from St Denis's Primary School through the finer points of making poppies during their tour aboard Bud. (Pic: John Devlin)

Bud helps Poppyscotland take Lady Haig Poppy Factory on the road across Scotland

People

Hawick's Common Haugh car park.

Hawick 45-year-old given unpaid work order for careless driving

Crime

Traffic and Travel More Traffic and Travel >>

Walkers snap up festival places

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The A6091 Galafoot Bridge, which is due to officially reopen this afternoon.

Galafoot bridge set to reopen this afternoon

People

Tweenbank station.

Creation of waiting room at Tweedbank station is a possibility

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ScotRail's communications director Sue Evans, John Lamont MP, operations director David Simpson and engineering director Syeda Ghufran.

Borders Railway not an easy target for cancellations, rail boss assures

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Transport minister Andrew Jones, second from left, and Borders MP John Lamont, third from left, with Campaign for Borders Rail officials, from left, Simon Walton, Marion Short and Nick Bethune.

UK and Scottish governments at odds over Borders Railway extension study plans

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Crime More Crime >>

Judges reject appeal by murderer of Peebles postwoman Alex, 22

Crime

Hawick's Common Haugh car park.

Hawick 45-year-old given unpaid work order for careless driving

Crime

Selkirk Sheriff Court.

43-year-old to be sentenced in June for assaulting two ex-partners in Selkirk

Crime

Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

26-year-old jailed after being caught with child of three in Galashiels in breach of sexual offences prevention order

Crime

Weather More Weather >>

It’s snow joke – that’s what April showers look like in parts of Borders

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Leaderfoot Viaduct at the foot of the Eildons.

Region braces for snow as Met Office issues warning

Weather

A flood warning has been issued for parts of the Ettrick Valley.

Flood warnings issued for parts of Borders

News

Snow at Carter Bar this morning.

Parts of Borders all white now as winter makes comeback

News

Heavy rain and high winds are expected to hit the Borders today and tomorrow.

Borderers being warned to expect heavy rain and high winds

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Politics More Politics >>

Plans to be drawn up to improve Borders’ CCTV network

Politics

The Lowood Estate at Tweedbank.

Call goes out for inquiry into Borders council’s £9.6m deal to buy Lowood Estate

Politics

Tim Patterson.

Number of drug-related deaths in Borders doubles in a year

Politics

Councillor Davie Paterson at a cash machine in Hawick.

Concern over cashpoint charges in Borders to be raised with ministers

Politics

People More People >>

Walkers snap up festival places

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The A6091 Galafoot Bridge, which is due to officially reopen this afternoon.

Galafoot bridge set to reopen this afternoon

People

Teaching children in Ethiopia...was Dominic Taddei's first stop in Africa, before moving on to Kenya and Uganda.

Borders man sold all his possessions to volunteer in Africa for two years

People

Interactive guide...leads pupils from St Denis's Primary School through the finer points of making poppies during their tour aboard Bud. (Pic: John Devlin)

Bud helps Poppyscotland take Lady Haig Poppy Factory on the road across Scotland

People

Police Scotland is investigating.

Pair spotted trying to pass fake bank notes to Borders traders

Lifestyle